Post by t-bob on Dec 1, 2020 16:56:51 GMT -5
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The most obvious lesson from Thanksgiving? Public health messaging from officials and experts is not working. They told us to stay home and stay distanced, but we gathered. They told us not to travel, but we flew.
Now they are terrified of a pandemic Christmas: If Americans repeat their Thanksgiving actions, the country’s already catastrophic situation could reach levels where hospitals are forced to choose which patients to save and which to let die, and where lockdowns become unavoidable.
A Nebraska man who was in otherwise good health didn’t take covid-19 seriously, but being hospitalized “made a believer” out of him, he said. As the number of people who are heeding guidelines trends downward, experts are debating what it will take to get Americans to shift their behavior.
Being told to stay away from family and friends at the holidays is difficult, especially during an extended public health crisis, and there is plenty of evidence that the pandemic is exacting a severe psychological toll. Depression and anxiety are up, alongside drug use and alcohol consumption. Suicidal thoughts are increasing, particularly in young adults. Here are some ways experts say we can be there for loved ones, even if we can’t be there. And a psychologist’s advice about how we can keep our own sadness from evolving into depression.
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an approximately $908 billion stimulus proposal Tuesday, aiming to break a months-long partisan impasse. President-elect Biden’s economic team is also planning an ambitious recovery plan.
Scott Atlas, President Trump’s pandemic adviser, resigned Monday after becoming widely disliked in the White House. Atlas embraced a controversial strategy of urging Americans to return to work and school with little restriction, and spent months feuding with the coronavirus task force’s other doctors. He was the only medical adviser the president met with regularly for several months. (Analysis: Atlas will forever be the face of surrender to the coronavirus.)
Other important news
A panel of CDC advisers will vote shortly on who will be first in line for a vaccine. What the committee is likely to recommend may differ from what some Trump administration officials want.
A fourth state confirms coronavirus outbreaks at a mink farm as the U.S. tries to avoid Denmark’s “zombiemink” disaster.
Despite the cacophony of warnings to avoid travel and gathering in large groups, the White House is planning a spate of indoor holiday parties.
Guide to the pandemic
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Vaccine tracker: These are the top ones to watch.
Post reporters are publishing live dispatches nearly 24 hours a day.
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How to help during the pandemic, as the holidays approach.
There’s a lot of links as well
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The most obvious lesson from Thanksgiving? Public health messaging from officials and experts is not working. They told us to stay home and stay distanced, but we gathered. They told us not to travel, but we flew.
Now they are terrified of a pandemic Christmas: If Americans repeat their Thanksgiving actions, the country’s already catastrophic situation could reach levels where hospitals are forced to choose which patients to save and which to let die, and where lockdowns become unavoidable.
A Nebraska man who was in otherwise good health didn’t take covid-19 seriously, but being hospitalized “made a believer” out of him, he said. As the number of people who are heeding guidelines trends downward, experts are debating what it will take to get Americans to shift their behavior.
Being told to stay away from family and friends at the holidays is difficult, especially during an extended public health crisis, and there is plenty of evidence that the pandemic is exacting a severe psychological toll. Depression and anxiety are up, alongside drug use and alcohol consumption. Suicidal thoughts are increasing, particularly in young adults. Here are some ways experts say we can be there for loved ones, even if we can’t be there. And a psychologist’s advice about how we can keep our own sadness from evolving into depression.
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an approximately $908 billion stimulus proposal Tuesday, aiming to break a months-long partisan impasse. President-elect Biden’s economic team is also planning an ambitious recovery plan.
Scott Atlas, President Trump’s pandemic adviser, resigned Monday after becoming widely disliked in the White House. Atlas embraced a controversial strategy of urging Americans to return to work and school with little restriction, and spent months feuding with the coronavirus task force’s other doctors. He was the only medical adviser the president met with regularly for several months. (Analysis: Atlas will forever be the face of surrender to the coronavirus.)
Other important news
A panel of CDC advisers will vote shortly on who will be first in line for a vaccine. What the committee is likely to recommend may differ from what some Trump administration officials want.
A fourth state confirms coronavirus outbreaks at a mink farm as the U.S. tries to avoid Denmark’s “zombiemink” disaster.
Despite the cacophony of warnings to avoid travel and gathering in large groups, the White House is planning a spate of indoor holiday parties.
Guide to the pandemic
Track deaths and confirmed cases in the U.S. and across the world.
Vaccine tracker: These are the top ones to watch.
Post reporters are publishing live dispatches nearly 24 hours a day.
Submit a question and we may answer it in a future story or newsletter.
How to help during the pandemic, as the holidays approach.
